Jan 31, 2012
Many Techniques for Working with Fiber, Inspire Area Artists By Kathryn Bassett kathrynb@kpcnews.net Sunday, 16 October 2011 07:35 Lina Zerkle blends bold shapes, strong colors, patterns, textures and her own sense of humor to create unique, nontraditional artwork in fabric form. “It’s more than just technique,” she said of her work. “Once you get the [...]
Dec 22, 2011
6 Tools Necessary for Appliqué By RaeAnn Rex If you have even basic sewing tools such as scissors, needle and thread, you can successfully learn how to appliqué designs onto your next project. However, there are some great tools out there, some of which are made with a very specialized purpose, that can make appliquéing [...]
Nov 17, 2011
by Kristina Greene Gabalski, Daily News Correspondent – Posted: Saturday, October 15, 2011 2:30am There’s a lot of “quilting” going on in Le Roy these days – not the kind that involves fabric – but quilt designs painted on plywood and hung on the sides of barns. It’s the beginnings of a barn quilt trail [...]
Nov 6, 2011
On The Twelfth Day Of Havel’s, My True Love Is The Rotary Skip Blade Make the Bookmark 1. Start with a piece of fabric with fusible web applied and the paper backing torn off.In this case, I used the leftovers from the labels. 2. Fold the fabric onto itself with fused sides together. This creates [...]
Nov 6, 2011
On The Eleventh Day Of Havel’s, My True Love Is The Snip-A-Stitch Finish the Edge 1. Use the same thread in the top and the bobbin of your sewing machine. Choose a nice edge finish stitch. I use an edge foot because the stitch seems to look so much better with it. Snip-A-Stitch is a [...]
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